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- the present application is generally related to methods for selective quantificaiton of mature transfer RNA.
- Transfer RNAs play a central role in protein synthesis as adapter molecules and also recently appear to have a wide variety of other functions in biological processes beyond translation. Unraveling the emerging complexities of tRNA biology requires an understanding on the regulation of tRNA abundance and heterogeneity. However, accurate tRNA quantification is challenging because of the coexistence of mature tRNAs and their precursors and fragments and the presence of tRNA post-transcriptional modifications that hinder reverse transcription.
- tRNA levels because of mutations in tRNAs themselves or tRNA maturation enzymes has been reported to contribute to diseases.
- global expression analyses using microarray systems have revealed that tRNA abundance greatly varies among different human cells and tissues and suggested the translational regulation of mRNA expression by tRNA heterogeneity.
- the variations of tRNA expression are also implicated in cancer and neurodegeneration.
- tRNAs are now known to have a wide variety of non-canonical functions, such as in apoptosis regulation.
- the cellular transcriptome mainly contains 3 tRNA gene-derived RNA species, precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs), mature tRNAs, and tRNA-derived small RNA fragments (10-12). Because these RNA species have identical sequences, standard qRT-PCR cannot be used to specifically quantify mature tRNAs because their complete sequences are present in pre-tRNAs (see FIG. 5 ).
- tRNAs harbor the highest density of nucleoside modifications found in nature. Over 100 post-transcriptional modifications are present in tRNAs, many of which play crucial roles in tRNA folding and function such as codon recognition (16-18). Because many such modifications inhibit Watson-Crick base pairing and thus arrest reverse-transcription (19), standard qRT-PCR would produce severely biased results with underrepresentation of heavily-modified tRNAs (see FIG. 6 ). This modification issue is inevitable with any PCR-based technology used for the detection and quantification of RNA because there is no experimental methodology that removes all tRNA modifications.
- a first embodiment of an invention disclosed herein is directed to a method for quantifying tRNA species comprising: removing amino acids at the 3′-end of mature aminoacylated tRNAs by deacylation; utilizing a DNA/RNA hybrid SL-adapter to specifically hybridize to the deacylated mature tRNA wherein the SL-adapter contains 5′-P and 3′-OH termini, and identical loop sequences with stem-loop R printer for microRNA quantification; the two 3′ terminal nucleotides of the adapter are RNA, whereas the remaining nucleotides are DNA; and wherein the 3′-terminal nucleotide is designed to be complementary to a discriminator base of tRNA; following hybridization, T4 RNA Ligase 2 (Rnl2) ligates nicks between the SL-adapter and mature tRNA to produce a “four leaf clover” structure; wherein the ligation product is amplified and quantified using TaqMan qRT-
- FL-PCR process will provide a much-needed simple method for analyzing tRNA abundance and heterogeneity, the factors that may play an important regulatory role in translation and other multiple biological processes.
- FL-PCR includes three steps. First, amino acids at the 3′-ends of mature aminoacylated tRNAs are removed by incubating total RNA in high pH buffer (deacylation treatment). Second, a DNA/RNA hybrid SL-adapter is specifically hybridized and ligated to mature tRNAs by Rnl2 nick ligations, generating tRNA-adapter ligation products with a “four-leaf clover” secondary structure. Last, the ligation product is amplified and quantified by TaqMan qRT-PCR. FL-PCR circumvents the two problems previously hindering quantification of mature tRNA: specificity and the presence of tRNA modifications.
- the SL-adapter was designed to selectively recognize mature tRNAs within total RNAs (see FIG. 7 ).
- pre-tRNAs, mature tRNAs and tRNA fragments only mature tRNAs contain both mature 5′- and 3′-ends, and the 3′-teminal nucleotides of the SL-adapter are designed to be complementary only to the mature ends.
- mature tRNAs are the only tRNA gene-derived RNA species that are specifically quantified by FL-PCR.
- FL-PCR limits the main amplified regions of mature tRNA to the unmodified acceptor stem; therefore FL-PCR is not expected to be influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications (see FIG. 8 ).
- a further embodiment is directed to a method for quantifying individual mature tRNA species, comprising: incubating mature tRNA in a buffer to remove the amino acids from the 3′ end; annealing a DNA/RNA hybrid stem-loop adapter; ligating the annealed hybrid stem-loop adapter to the mature tRNA; and amplifying and quantifying the ligation product by TaqMan qRT-PCR.
- a further embodiment is directed to a method for quantifying mature tRNA comprising: deacylating the 3′ends of mature aminoacylated tRNA; hybridizing a Stem-Loop adapter to the acylated mature tRNA; ligating the nicks between the SL adapter and mature tRNA to produce a four-leaf-clover structure; and amplifying and quantifying the ligation product.
- a further embodiment is directed to a kit for quantifying mature tRNA comprising: a deacylation buffer; a DNR/RNA-hybrid stem loop adapter; an annealing buffer; a ligating buffer comprising T4-RNA ligase 2; and a reverse transcriptase primer; wherein the kit contents can be utilized to quantify mature tRNA according to instructions for using such components for quantification of the mature tRNA.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of mature tRNA quantification by FL-PCR.
- FIGS. 2A-2D depicts FL-PCR amplification and quantification of mature tRNA in HeLa cells.
- FIGS. 3A-3B depicts FL-PCR amplification of various human mature tRNAs.
- FIGS. 4A-4B depicts FL-PCR amplification and quantification of mature tRNAs in various human cell lines.
- FIG. 5 depicts that standard PCR cannot selectively detect pre-tRNA, mature tRNA or its fragment.
- FIG. 6 depicts that standard PCR cannot precisely quantify tRNAs because of the presence of tRNA modifications.
- FIG. 7 depicts that in FL-PCR, the SL-adapter specifically recognizes mature tRNAs within total RNAs.
- FIG. 8 depicts that FL-PCR is not influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications.
- Transfer RNAs are 70-90-nucleotide (nt) non-coding RNA molecules that fold into a cloverleaf secondary structure and L-shaped tertiary structure. tRNAs are universally expressed in all living organisms and play a central role in gene expression as an adapter molecule that translates codons in mRNA into amino acids in protein.
- the human nuclear genome encodes over 500 tRNA genes (1) along with numerous tRNA-lookalikes resembling nuclear and mitochondrial tRNAs (2). Active transcription from multiple sites of the genome, along with high stability (3), place tRNAs among the most abundant RNA molecules in the cellular transcriptome.
- tRNA abundance greatly varies among different human cells and tissues and suggested the translational regulation of mRNA expression by tRNA heterogeneity (5-7). The variations of tRNA expression are also implicated in cancer and neurodegeneration (8, 9).
- tRNAs are now known to have a wide variety of non-canonical functions, such as in apoptosis regulation (10, 11). tRNAs have further been reported to serve as a source of small functional RNAs (12-14). Numerous tRNA-interacting proteins have recently been proposed (15), indicating the scope of tRNA biological functions may be far beyond that previously assumed.
- FIG. 1 depicts a schematic representation of mature tRNA quantification by FL-PCR. Amino acids at the 3′-ends of mature aminoacylated tRNAs are removed by deacylation treatment. A DNA/RNA hybrid SL-adapter is then specifically hybridized to the deacylated mature tRNAs.
- the SL-adapter contains 5′-P and 3′-OH termini, and identical loop sequences with stem-loop RT primer for microRNA quantification [22].
- the two 3′-terminal nucleotides of the adapter are RNA, whereas all other nucleotides are composed of DNA.
- the 3′-terminal nucleotide is designed to be complementary to a discriminator base of tRNA.
- Rnl2 ligates the nicks between the SL-adapter and mature tRNA to produce a “four-leaf-clover” structure.
- the ligation product is amplified and quantified using TaqMan qRT-PCR with forward and reverse primers derived from the T- and D-loop of targeted tRNAs, respectively, and a TaqMan probe targeting the SL-adapter.
- the FL-PCR procedure includes a nick-ligation step catalyzed by Rnl2.
- Rnl2 was originally identified in the bacteriophage T4 (20) and catalyzes RNA ligation at a 3′-OH/5′-P nick in a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) or an RNA-DNA hybrid (21-23). Because of this peculiar ligation activity toward double-stranded nucleotides, Rnl2 is an attractive tool for adapter ligation in cDNA preparation (24) and detection of microRNAs (25) and SNPs (26).
- Rnl2 specifically ligates a stem-loop adapter (SL-adapter) to mature tRNAs, but not to pre-tRNAs or tRNA fragments, to generate a four-leaf clover-like structure.
- SL-adapter stem-loop adapter
- TaqMan qRT-PCR amplifies the unmodified region of the tRNA-adapter ligation product, which is not influenced by tRNA modification.
- FL-PCR thus resolves the issues with standard qRT-PCR and provides an efficient and convenient method for selective and accurate quantification of mature tRNA pools.
- Rnl2 specifically ligates a stem-loop adapter (SL-adapter) to mature tRNAs but not to precursor tRNAs or tRNA fragments, resulting in high specificity toward mature tRNAs.
- SL-adapter stem-loop adapter
- TaqMan qRT-PCR amplifies only unmodified regions of the tRNA-adapter ligation products; thus, FL-PCR accurately quantifies mature tRNA pools without being influenced by tRNA modifications.
- FL-PCR also has broad applicability for the quantification of different tRNAs in different cell types. FL-PCR thus provides a much-needed simple method for analyzing tRNA abundance and heterogeneity, the factors that may play an important regulator role in translation and other biological processes.
- the FL-PCR method circumvents the two problems previously hindering quantification of mature tRNA: specificity and the presence of tRNA modifications.
- the SL-adapter was designed to selectively recognize mature tRNAs within total RNAs.
- pre-tRNAs, mature tRNAs, and tRNA fragments only mature tRNAs contain both mature 5′- and 3′-ends in the secondary structure, these mature ends protrude as a four-nucleotide sequence consisting of the trinucleotide, 5′-CCA-3′, and the discriminator base preceding them.
- the 3′-terminal nucleotide of the SL-adapter and subsequent 5′-TGG-3′ sequence are designed to be complementary to the four protruding nucleotides of mature tRNAs, enabling the adapter to exclusively hybridize to mature tRNAs but not to pre-tRNAs or tRNA fragments (see FIG. 7 ).
- mature tRNAs are the only tRNA gene-derived RNA species that are specifically quantified by FL-PCR.
- FL-PCR also circumvents the issue of tRNA modifications that hinder reverse transcription.
- positions and species of modifications in tRNAs are not comprehensively identified in full detail, research on tRNA biology suggests that tRNA modifications occur non-randomly at conserved positions, such as positions 34 and 37 in the anticodon-loop, and positions 9 and 10 between acceptor- and D-stems.
- FL-PCR was designed to limit the main amplified regions of mature tRNA to the unmodified acceptor stem; therefore FL-PCR is not expected to be influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications (see FIG. 8 ).
- FL-PCR is a method for determining abundance and heterogeneity of tRNA.
- Human mature tRNA sequences Variant sequences of human cytoplasmic (cyto) tRNA AspGUC , cyto tRNA ValAAC/CAC and cyto tRNA LysCUU were identified using the tRNAscan-SE program (1, 27). The tRNA sequences were sorted by mismatches and aligned using DNADynamo software (BlueTractor Software).
- HeLa and BT-474 cell lines were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Life Technologies) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS).
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- ZR-75-1, T-47D, HCC1937, BT-549, DU145, PC-3, and LNCaP-FGC cell lines were cultured in RMPI1640 medium (Life Technologies) containing 10% FBS.
- the BT-20 cell line was cultured in minimum essential medium (MEM; Life Technologies) containing 10% FBS.
- RNA from cell lines was extracted using a product for isolating RNA sold under the trademark TRISURETM (Bioline) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Total RNAs were incubated at 37.degree. C. for 40 min in 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 9.0) to remove the amino acids from the mature tRNAs (deacylation treatment), followed by ethanol precipitation.
- the DNA/RNA-hybrid SL-adapters shown in Table 1 were synthesized by Integrated DNA Technologies. Each adapter (20 pmol) was incubated with 100 ng of the deacylated total RNA in 9 ⁇ L mixture at 90° C. for 3 min. After adding 1 ⁇ L of 10 ⁇ annealing buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 5 mM EDTA, and 100 mM MgCl 2 , the total 10 ⁇ L mixture was annealed by incubation at 37° C. for 20 min.
- the SL-adapter in Table 1 are 28 nucleotides composing of DNA except for the last two 3′-terminal nucleotides that have been designed to be RNA (indicated as rA, rG, rC, or rU in Table 1).
- the adapter contains 5′-P and 3′-OH termini, a four bp-stem region (the bold letters in Table 1 form the stem), a loop-region, and four nucleotide protruding 3′-terminal sequences (5′-TGrGrN-3′; rN is either rA, rG, rC, or rU).
- the protruding sequences specieically recognize 3′-terminal protruding sequences (5′-NCCA-3′) of mature tRNAs.
- N in the 5′-NCCA-3′ is discriminator base which can be A, G, C, or U depending on tRNA species.
- SL-adapter should match mature tRNA sequences, SL-adaptor-A, SL-adaptor-G, SL-adaptor-C, and SL-adaptor-U will be used to quantify the tRNAs containing discriminator base U, C, G, A, respectively.
- RNA (1 ⁇ L) was incubated with 1 pmol of specific RT primer (Table 1) and 5 nmol of dNTPs in 7 ⁇ L mixture at 90° C. for 2 min and then placed on ice.
- Reverse transcription was subsequently performed by adding SuperScriptTM III Reverse Transcriptase and its reaction buffer (Life Technologies) to create a 10 ⁇ L mixture and incubating for 30 min at 55° C. (for cyto tRNA AspGUC , cyto tRNA ValAAC/CAC , and mt tRNA GluUUC ) or at 42° C. (for cyto tRNA LysCUU and mt tRNA AlaUGC ).
- the resultant cDNA solution was diluted by 1:5, and 1.5 ⁇ L of this solution was added to the Real-time PCR mixture containing 5 ⁇ L of 2 ⁇ Premix Ex Taq reaction solution (Clontech Lab), 400 nM TaqMan probe; Integrated DNA Technologies), and specific forward and reverse primers (2 pmol each) derived from targeted mature tRNA sequences (10 ⁇ L in total) (Table 1).
- a StepOne Plus Real-time PCR machine (Applied Biosystems) was used; the reaction mixture was incubated at 95° C. for 20 s, followed by 40 cycles of 95° C. for 1 s and 65° C. (for cyto tRNA LysCUU ) 60° C.
- RNA 100 ng for cyto tRNA AspGUC or 4 ⁇ g for mt tRNA GluUUC
- 12% PAGE containing 7M urea was resolved by 12% PAGE containing 7M urea, transferred to Hybond N + membranes (GE Healthcare) and hybridized to 5′-end labeled antisense probes.
- the visualization and quantification were performed with storage phosphor autoradiography using Typhoon-9400 and ImageQuant ver. 5.2 (GE Healthcare).
- FL-PCR Four-leaf clover qRT-PCR design scheme and rationale.
- the method includes three steps ( FIG. 1 ).
- Last, the ligation product is amplified and quantified by TaqMan qRT-PCR.
- FL-PCR circumvents the two problems previously hindering quantification of mature tRNA: specificity and the presence of tRNA modifications.
- the SL-adapter which harbors loop sequences identical to those of the stem-loop RT primer for microRNA quantification (28), was designed to selectively recognize mature tRNAs within total RNAs.
- pre-tRNAs, mature tRNAs and tRNA fragments only mature tRNAs contain both mature 5′- and 3′-ends.
- these mature ends protrude as a four-nucleotide sequence consisting of the trinucleotide, 5′-CCA-3′, and the discriminator base preceding them.
- the 3′-teminal nucleotide of the SL-adapter and subsequent 5′-TGG-3′ sequence are designed to be complementary to the four protruding nucleotides of mature tRNAs, enabling the adapter to exclusively hybridize to mature tRNAs but not to pre-tRNAs or tRNA fragments ( FIG. 1 ).
- the hybridization unites the tRNA acceptor stem and SL-adapter stem to form long, double-stranded DNA/RNA hybrids containing two nicks (“adapter-3′/5′-tRNA” and “tRNA-3′/5′-adapter”).
- both the mature tRNA and SL-adapter contain 5′-P and 3′-OH, both nicks form 3′-OH/5′-P, a perfect substrate for Rnl2 ligase.
- the SL-adapter nucleotides are composed of DNA except for the last two 3′-terminal nucleotides that have been designed to be RNA ( FIG. 1 ). This design converts the nicks in “adapter-3′/5′-tRNA” and “tRNA-3′/5′-adapter” to “RNA-3′/5′-RNA” and “RNA-3′/5′-DNA”, both of which are efficient substrates for Rnl2 ligation (21-23).
- the subsequent TaqMan qRT-PCR was designed to be completely dependent on the Rnl2 double-nick ligation to exclusively amplify “four-clover-leaf” tRNA-adapter ligation products. This was achieved by deriving the TaqMan probe and RT-PCR primers from the SL-adapter and tRNA, respectively. Hence, mature tRNAs are the only tRNA gene-derived RNA species that are specifically quantified by FL-PCR.
- the forward and reverse primers were designed to be derived from the T- and D-arms of targeted mature tRNA, respectively, and the amplified cDNAs are quantified using the TaqMan probe targeting the SL-adapter ( FIG. 1 ).
- This design limits the main amplified regions of mature tRNA to the unmodified acceptor stem; therefore FL-PCR is not expected to be influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications.
- FIG. 2 depicts FL-PCR amplification and quantification of mature cyto tRNA AspGUC in HeLa cells, therefore confirming the efficacy of FL-PCR according to this process.
- A Secondary structure of SL-adapter and targeted human cyto tRNA AspGUC ⁇ V1. The regions from which the primers and TaqMan probe were derived are shown.
- B Left: SL-adapter sequences with a 4 bp or 10 bp stem used in FL-PCR. Right: Metaphor gel electrophoresis of the amplified cDNA resulting from FL-PCR for cyto tRNA AspGUC ⁇ V1 using HeLa total RNA.
- the expected band size from the adapter with 4 bp or 10 bp stem is 98 or 104 bp, respectively; a specific band was only observed from the 4 bp stem adapter, indicating that only 4 bp stem adaptor works for the FL_PCR.
- C Left: Metaphor gel electrophoresis of cDNA amplified by FL-PCR with or without Rnl2 ligation reaction and substrate total RNA. HeLa total RNA was used for the cyto tRNA AspGUC ⁇ V1 detection. Only the reaction from total RNA treated with Rnl2 ligation showed a clear amplified band, indicating that the method successfully amplifies ligation products.
- the FL-PCR scheme was first evaluated by targeting human cytoplasmic (cyto) tRNA AspGUC ⁇ V1, the most abundantly encoded variant of cyto tRNA AspGUC in the human genome ( FIG. 2A ). Because the discriminator base of the tRNA is G, the SL-adapter containing a 3′-terminal C was used for detection. We observed FL-PCR-amplification of endogenous mature tRNA AspGUC ⁇ V1 from HeLa total RNA as a single amplified band ( FIG. 2B ). As expected, the sequences of the cDNA band were determined to be derived from the amplified region of the tRNA-adapter ligation product.
- the stem-length of the adapter was a critical factor. While the adapter containing a stem of 4 bp length succeeded in amplifying the tRNA, the adapter with a 10 bp stem did not ( FIG. 2B ), most likely because the secondary structure of the tRNA-adapter ligation product would contain 21 bp stems and thus become too rigid for qRT-PCR.
- the stem-loop adapter with a 4 bp stem was used in the experiments that followed. FL-PCR without Rnl2 ligation procedure failed to give a detectable signal ( FIG. 2C ), further confirming that FL-PCR selectively amplifies tRNA-adapter ligation products.
- FIG. 3 depicts FL-PCR amplification of various human mature tRNAs, showing the feasibility of using FL-PCR to quantify other tRNAs.
- A Secondary structure of human cyto tRNA ValAAC/CAC , cyto tRNA LysCUU , mt tRNA GluUUC , and mt tRNA AlaUGC . Based on the discriminator base species, the SL-adapter containing 3′-terminal U was used for the detection of cyto tRNA ValAAC/CAC , mt tRNA GluUUC , and mt tRNA AlaUGC , whereas tRNA LysCUU was amplified by the adapter containing 3′-terminal C.
- FIG. 4 depicts quantification of mature tRNAs in human cell lines.
- A FL-PCR quantifications of cyto tRNA AspGUC and mt tRNA GluUUC in human breast cancer cell lines (ZR-75-1, T-47D, BT-474, HCC1937, BT-20, and BT-549), prostate cancer cell lines (DU145, PC-3, and LNCaP-FGC), and HeLa cells.
- the tRNA abundances were normalized by 5S rRNA levels, and the abundance in BT-474 cells was defined as 1.
- Each data set represents the average of three independent experiments, with bars showing the SD.
- the SL-adapter containing 3′-terminal U was used for the detection of cyto tRNA ValAAC/CAC , mt tRNA GluUUC , and mt tRNA AlaUGC , whereas tRNA LysCUU was amplified by the adapter containing 3′-terminal C.
- FIG. 3B all four FL-PCR reactions using HeLa total RNA targeting respective tRNAs generated single amplified bands of cDNAs whose sequences were confirmed to be derived from the amplified regions of the respective tRNA-adapter ligation products.
- FIG. 5 identifies an issue in standard qRT-PCR for tRNA quantification.
- standard PCR cannot selectively detect pre-tRNA, mature tRNA or its fragment because standard PCR will amplify all three species, and cannot selectively detect between them.
- the cells mainly contain three tRNA-derived RNA species, precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs), mature tRNAs, and tRNA-derived small RNA fragments. Because these RNA species have identical sequences, standard qRT-PCR amplifying interior sequences cannot distinguish between them.
- FIG. 6 depicts a second problem with standard qRT-PCR for tRNA quantification. Indeed, tRNAs harbor many post-transcriptional modifications, many of which arrest reverse-transcription. Therefore, standard qRT-PCR would produce severely biased results with underrepresentation of heavily-modified tRNAs. that standard PCR cannot precisely quantify tRNAs because of the presence of tRNA modifications.
- FIG. 7 depicts that FL-PCR solves the issue in FIG. 5 , as in FL-PCR, the SL-adapter specifically recognizes mature tRNAs within total RNAs. Accordingly, use of FL-PCR enables specific quantification of mature tRNAs (not their precursors and fragments). Note the discriminator 4 base tag on the 3′ end of the mature tRNA that specifically binds with the SL-adapter.
- FIG. 8 depicts that FL-PCR is not influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications because the acceptor stem region does not contain the modifications that disrupt Watson-Crick base pairing. Therefore, FL-PCR provides a second advantage to solve the second issue, as described in FIG. 6 .
- the design scheme of FL-PCR limits the amplified regions of mature tRNA to the unmodified acceptor stem; therefore FL-PCR is not expected to be influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications.
- FL-PCR is developed as an efficient and convenient method for selective amplification and quantification of mature tRNAs that is not influenced by the presence of tRNA modifications.
- the method has high specificity for mature tRNAs, quantitative capability to estimate relative expression levels, and broad applicability for the quantification of different tRNAs in different cell types.
- FL-PCR will provide a much-needed simple method for analyzing tRNA abundance and heterogeneity, the factors that may play an important regulatory role in translation and other multiple biological processes.
- the FL-PCR process can be effectively utilized in methods for amplification and quantification of mature tRNA.
- Such methods are advantageously utilized with kits that contain the reagents and components described herein, and instructions providing a detail of the methods to perform the FL-PCR process to amplify and quantify mature tRNAs.
- kits comprises all the reagents necessary to perform the FL-PCR process. This includes the reagents to remove the amino acids at the 3′-ends of mature aminoacylated tRNAs and instructions for incubating total RNA in high pH buffer (deacylation treatment).
- the kit includes each of the four DNA/RNA hybrid SL-adapter (e.g. SEQ ID NO: 1-4) and the reagents to specifically hybridized and ligate to mature tRNAs by Rnl2 nick ligations so as to generate tRNA-adapter ligation products with a “four-leaf clover” secondary structure.
- the kit can optionally include the reagents and instructions for TaqMan qRT-PCR.
- kit contents are provided such that each reagent is individually packaged in an aliquot or regent bottle.
- routine materials used in a laboratory setting and instructions to formulate such routine materials may be included in place of, or in addition to an aliquot or pre-made reagent components.
- the kit comprises a deacylation buffer; a set of four DNR/RNA-hybrid stem loop adapters (SEQ ID NO: 1-4); an annealing buffer; a ligating buffer comprising T4-RNA ligase 2; and a reverse transcriptase primer; wherein the kit contents can be utilized to quantify mature tRNA according to instructions for using such components for quantification of the mature tRNA.
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TABLE 1 |
Sequences of adaptors and primers for FL-PCR |
Name | Sequence (5′-3′) |
SL-adaptor-A (SEQ ID NO: 1) | /5Phos/TCGTAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCACGATGrGrA |
SL-adaptor-G (SEQ ID NO: 2) | /5Phos/TCGTAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCACGATGrGrG |
SL-adaptor-C (SEQ ID NO: 3) | /5Phos/TCGTAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCACGATGrGrC |
SL-adaptor-U (SEQ ID NO: 4) | /5Phos/TCGTAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCACGATGrGrU |
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